CN101120314A - Method for installing operating system on remote storage: flash deploy and install zone - Google Patents
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Abstract
Two methods (native and clone) are used for installing software, such as an operating system, on client system (s) booting from shared storage. The native installation method configures an interconnection network to create an exclusive communication zone between the client system and the shared storage system and installs the operating system on the client system using the exclusive communication zone. After the software is installed, the method terminates the exclusive communication zone. The clone installation method utilizes a point-in-time copy feature of the shared storage system to clone an operating system drive instantaneously. After the drive is cloned, it is logically attached to a new client and the operating system is customized for that client.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to be used to supply the method for microcomputer system, the operating system data are stored in the data sharing storage system in microcomputer system.Especially, the invention describes the method that is used to create with configuration operation system and configuration store and networked system, making can be with the automated manner provisioning server.
Background technology
In interconnected computer systems, optical-fibre channel (FC) switch zone system is used for guaranteeing that according to security strategy Service-Port and memory controller port are visible or sightless to each other.Conventionally, use fibre channel zone for security purpose.Another main cause of use-zoning is the performance impact relevant with interpolation/sweep equipment, and wherein subregion has limited the equipment that relates in the fiber channel protocol of association.When the increase in size of storage area network, this is very important.Subregion is the logic entity of FC switch management, and each other as seen the FC port that is in identical partitions in the FC switch passes through the FC network.Usually, the port of server and the port of memory controller are placed in same subregion, make them each other as seen, and make main frame can visit the Logical Disk on the memory controller.
In typical FC configuration, for the purpose of high availability, main frame will have the available a plurality of paths from himself to memory controller port.Yet at (such as when installing operating system the time) between some software installation period, a plurality of paths can make the installation procedure confusion, because single Logical Disk may occur repeatedly on a plurality of paths.For example, the Window installation procedure does not know how to handle a plurality of paths.When such installation failure, sometimes the keeper must physically delete or disable cables/adapters/ports to delete a plurality of paths.On the contrary, if the installation of this software program can automatically perform, then this expects.
Summary of the invention
Among the embodiment herein, a kind of being used at method that the software such as operating system is installed on the client and the time point copy of serving creation of operating system on the storage unit of sharing in the storage system.This method configure interconnected network to be creating the exclusive communication zone between client and the shared storage system, and uses this exclusive communication zone that this operating system is installed on client.After this software was installed, this method stopped this exclusive communication zone.
Lack the SAN system of permanent storage appliance for client wherein, this method is gone back the creation operation COMMRGN communication region after stopping exclusive communication zone.When utilizing the operation communication subregion, client is operating as on the selected port of arbitrary port in sharing the storage system access port that uses in the client system access ports and communicates by letter with this storage unit.
For configure dedicated COMMRGN communication region and operation communication subregion, this method is programmed to the switch in the interconnection network.This comprises client system access ports and shared storage system access port exclusively is assigned to each other, and forbids that other all access ports are when this exclusive communication zone exists and this client system access ports and should share storage system access port and communicate.In a replacement scheme, a plurality of client system access ports and a plurality of shared storage system can be included in the exclusive communication zone.When the copy of creation of operating system, this method can be utilized the gold dish of operating system, and also can utilize flash-copy process.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram that the example of the system that the present invention pays close attention to is shown;
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram that an example of the system with three host computer systems is shown, and wherein these three host computer systems are to use three time points copies of two gold dishes and interconnection configuration (zontation) supply;
Fig. 3 illustrates the have interconnection configuration synoptic diagram of system of (zontation), and wherein this interconnection configuration is used to prepare the installation of host computer system (server) and the normal running of following;
Fig. 4 illustrates the process flow diagram of embodiment herein;
Fig. 5 illustrates the process flow diagram of embodiment herein; And
Fig. 6 is the hardware diagram that the present invention can operate thereon.
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By the present invention and various feature and advantageous details more completely being described with reference to non-limiting example shown in the drawings and that describe in detail in the following description.Should be noted that the feature that illustrates in the accompanying drawing needn't draw in proportion.The description of known parts and treatment technology is omitted, so that can blur the present invention necessarily.The example of Shi Yonging only is intended to conveniently understand embodiments of the invention and makes those of ordinary skill in the art can implement the present invention herein.Therefore, these examples should be interpreted as having limited scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1 shows the system of concern, the one or more microcomputer systems (110) that wherein are called host computer system or client are connected to shared storage system (100) by interconnection network (130), and wherein interconnection network (130) comprise the set of interconnect switch and link.Host computer system is connected to interconnection network by its host channel adapter (HCA) port (120), and shared storage system is connected to interconnection network by its transmission channel adapter (TCA) port (125).Shared storage system comprises: the control module that is called memory controller (102); May also comprise supervisor console (104), it can be or not be the integration section of sharing storage system; And one or more physical storage devices (106), such as hard disk, some of them comprise the gold dish of operating system.Shared storage system can or can not be created the time point copy (108) of storage volume.
The method according to this invention and serve embodiment, the effective time point copy function in service time and space (or other similar copy functions) is created bootable dish for given host computer system (server), and the configure interconnected network makes that server can be from copy volume channeling conduct and operation.In this embodiment, suppose to exist the mirror image that has been installed in the software that will copy (operating system of concern (O/S)) on the storage volume (206).Then, create the time point copy (208) of this volume by storage subsystem.This copy function can be or not be that room and time effectively copies.Can support the effective copy function in time/space if share storage system, then almost carry out this copy function immediately.This causes installing and supplies the required time of new server and significantly reduces.Then storage system (200) and interconnection network (230) are shared in configuration, make the host computer system of paying close attention to (210) can visit this copy volume, and wherein this host computer system can be from this copy volume guiding.
In one embodiment of the invention, shared storage system is programmed and makes copy volume be mapped to the host computer system of concern.Host computer system can be identified by unique ID, and this unique ID is such as the ID of the global range of its host channel adapter (HCA) port (220).In addition, interconnection network are configured to make host computer system can visit copy volume.This can realize by foundation is programmed to the required fibre channel media of connection of sharing storage system from main frame.This has created fibre channel zone (240).Transmission channel adapter (TCA) port (225) ID of HCA port (220) ID of main frame and shared storage system is added to this subregion.One or more HCA ports and TCA port can be added to the subregion of purpose establishment for this reason.Therefore, one or more paths are available between main frame and shared storage system, and can dispose by discretionary interconnections, use a plurality of paths between main frame and the shared storage system if the feasible operating system of paying close attention to can support multipath to connect.
Use the clone to install or original installation, on Logical Disk, set up the operating system of concern.In the present invention, the clone who is sometimes referred to as flash deploy installs and uses by sharing available flash-copy service that storage system provides to carry out Fast Installation.An example of flash-copy is incorporated its content at this by reference shown in the U.S. Patent application 2003/005235.Flash-copy is a kind of advanced storage controller function of creating the time point copy of Logical Disk immediately.In the past, flash-copy only was used to finish the backup of dish.For the purpose of supply (installation) operating system on main frame or client, the present invention has expanded the purposes of flash-copy.
The advantage of flash deploy is that its O/S set-up time that can make " cloning process " shortens to about 3 minutes from 1-2 hour magnitude.Flash deploy can use the available gold dish on one of Logical Disk on the memory controller.At first clone existing O/S dish or, create golden disk mirroring by the conventional original installation method of O/S by the method for using existing disk mirroring.Then, use the flash-copy function, as required clone operations system repeatedly.Each clone's Logical Disk logically is attached to a new server, and this server is disposed fast a large amount of servers thus by from its guiding in a few minutes.
The original installation period when as mentioned previously, another problem of solving of the present invention appears at port from the port of server to memory controller and has a plurality of path.The installation of new operating system needs single path access system disk.Therefore, the present invention controls the switch in the interconnection network, solves this problem to create special exclusive communication zone (installation subregion).
Between the installation period of O/S, the present invention sends Management Information Base and deletes Service-Port can under normal circumstances be present in from Service-Port the subregion wherein for the FC switch.The present invention is put into special installation subregion with individual host port and single memory controller port.Basically, when having set up exclusive communication zone, in being installed, subregion has individual server port and single memory controller port.At this moment, the routine operation subregion will comprise Service-Port and the memory controller port that is used for other servers except that the server that is mounted.This has guaranteed will only have single logical path from the main frame to the memory controller.After the installation of having finished software, the present invention deletes this installation subregion, and all host ports are added in one or more subregions of also operating therein that will be present under their normal conditions wherein.An advantage provided by the invention is that when installing operating system it does not need the system manager physically to delete cable/adapter.Therefore, utilize the present invention, the software of installing such as operating system on FC can carry out automatically by management tool.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 3, the configure interconnected network, make server can be on storage area network (SAN) equipment installing operating system, and suitably from its channeling conduct.In the SAN environment, server does not have local attached dish usually.On remote storage controller, there is physical disks.Server carries out attached via the I/O network that comprises fibre channel media, link and adapter.By sending to the Management Information Base of memory controller, set up Logical Disk from physical disks, and server can pass through this Logical Disk of FC access to netwoks.
Lack the SAN system of permanent storage appliance for client wherein, this method is creation operation COMMRGN communication region after stopping exclusive communication zone also.Install in order to carry out by the webserver or operating system CD, host computer system, interconnection network and shared storage system will be configured to make host computer system install handle during and finish this processing after can storage unit access (LUN).
In this embodiment, at first, select LUN (301) so that operating system and other application programs are installed on this LUN.Then, storage system (300) is shared in configuration, makes this LUN be mapped to the host computer system of concern (310), and it can be by the ID sign of a port in its HCA port (322).Then, interconnection network are configured to make main frame can arrive LUN.This is to be called special subregion that subregion (340) is installed and to add a single HCA port (322) and a TCA port (324) to this subregion and realize by establishment.Before the establishment that subregion is installed, search for other subregions, and delete the HCA port that subregion is installed, uses from any other subregion.Like this, between main frame and shared storage system, only there is a logical path.So use reason to be that the certain operations system can not support that during processing is installed multipath connects.
In case finish installation, just deletion is installed subregion and is created new operation subregion (350) and makes main frame to arrive LUN by a plurality of paths, if this is the function supported of installation system.Especially, as shown in Figure 3, if main frame is connected to interconnection network by two HCA ports (322 and 326), then these ports are added to the operation communication subregion.Similarly, one or more TCA ports can be added to this operation communication subregion.In Fig. 3, for example two TCA ports (324 and 328) are added to the operation communication subregion.In addition, shared storage system is configured to make main frame to arrive its LUN by a plurality of ports, if main frame is selected so to do.
Fig. 4 has illustrated flash deploy method of the present invention provided by the invention and service in a flowchart.More specifically, in clauses and subclauses 400, the gold dish of this method creation of operating system on the Logical Disk of memory controller." gold dish " is not only the copy of file, and comprises the golden mirror image of whole Logical Disk as an alternative.For example, can create the gold dish by the original installation method of normal operating system.Next, in clauses and subclauses 402, the present invention creates at least one time point copy of gold dish.The establishment of time point copy comprises that the clone installs or original installation.In clauses and subclauses 404, the present invention logically is attached to client with the time point copy.Next, service time, the some copy guided client in clauses and subclauses 406, and this client brings into use golden disk operating system to operate in clauses and subclauses 408.Therefore, when Operational System Control, the present invention revises the time point copy of golden disk operating system to adapt to client.The processing of creation-time point copy can be created a plurality of time point copies of gold dish, and wherein each time point copy is attached to different client.Therefore, when the uniqueness according to each independent client required to use each time point copy, the present invention revised each time point copy uniquely.
Fig. 5 with the process flow diagram formal specification exclusive communication zone method.In clauses and subclauses 500, this method configure interconnected network is to create the exclusive communication zone between client and the shared storage system.For configure dedicated COMMRGN communication region and operation communication subregion, this method is programmed to the switch in the interconnection network.This exclusively is assigned to client system access ports and shared storage system access port each other, and refuse other all access ports when this exclusive communication zone exists and this client system access ports communicate.In a possibility, in exclusive communication zone, can comprise a plurality of shared storage systems and a plurality of client system access ports.
In clauses and subclauses 502, the present invention uses exclusive communication zone installing operating system on client.After this software had been installed, this method stopped this exclusive communication zone in clauses and subclauses 504.After stopping this exclusive communication zone, the also creation operation COMMRGN communication region in clauses and subclauses 506 of this method.When using this operation communication subregion, client is operating as on the selected port of arbitrary port in sharing the storage system access port that uses client system access ports and communicates with storage unit.
In Fig. 6, described to be used to implement the representative hardware environment of the embodiment of the invention.This schematic view illustrating according to the hardware configuration of the information processing/computer system of the embodiment of the invention.This system comprises at least one processor or CPU (central processing unit) (CPU) 10.CPU 10 is via system bus 12 and each apparatus interconnection, such as random access storage device (RAM) 14, ROM (read-only memory) (ROM) 16 and I/O (I/O) adapter 18.I/O adapter 18 can be connected to peripheral hardware, such as dish unit 11 and tape drive 13, perhaps other readable program storage devices of system.The present invention instruction of this system on can the fetch program memory device, and abide by these and instruct the method for carrying out the embodiment of the invention.This system also comprises user interface adapter 19, and it is connected to bus 12 to collect user's input with keyboard 15, mouse 17, loudspeaker 24, microphone 22 and/or other user interface facilities such as the touch panel device (not shown).In addition, communication adapter 20 is connected to data processing network 25 with bus 12, and display adapter 21 is connected to display device 23 with bus 12, and display device 23 for example can be implemented as output device, such as display, printer or transmitter.
The present invention makes the robotization that processing is installed become possibility.Especially, the use that subregion is installed makes and may avoid needing deletion of physically to be connected (cable and switch) for the single logical path between main frame and the shared storage system is provided.In case disposed system, installation just can begin.Install self can by use the network installation agency and server comes manually or automatically (the simulation CD via netboot installs) carry out.It was new client deployment OS in about 1 minute that flash deploy allows.The standard cloning process is minimum usually will spend 20 minutes.
Although described the present invention by preferred embodiment, persons of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that to make amendment in the spirit and scope of appended claims puts into practice the present invention.
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1. method that is used for install software at least one client, described method comprises:
Create the copy of described software on the storage unit in sharing storage system;
Configuration network is to create the exclusive communication zone between described client and the described shared storage system;
Use described exclusive communication zone that described software is installed on described client;
After the described installation of finishing described software, stop described exclusive communication zone.
2. method according to claim 1, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprises programmes to the switch in the described network.
3. method according to claim 1, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprise client system access ports and shared storage system access port exclusively are assigned to each other.
4. method according to claim 3, wherein said designated treatment forbid other all access ports when described exclusive communication zone exists and described client system access ports communicate.
5. method according to claim 3, wherein said designated treatment is included in a plurality of client system access ports and a plurality of shared storage system access port in the described exclusive communication zone.
6. method according to claim 1, the described establishment of the described copy of wherein said software are used the gold of described software to coil and are created described copy.
7. method that is used for installing operating system at least one client, wherein said client comprises a plurality of client system access ports, described method comprises:
Create the copy of described operating system on the storage unit in sharing storage system, wherein said shared storage system comprises a plurality of shared storage system access ports;
The configure interconnected network is to create the exclusive communication zone between described client and the described shared storage system;
Use described exclusive communication zone that described operating system is installed on described client;
After the described installation of finishing described operating system, stop described exclusive communication zone; And
After stopping described exclusive communication zone, creation operation COMMRGN communication region, described therein client are operating as on the selected port of arbitrary port in described shared storage system access port that uses in the described client system access ports and communicate by letter with described storage unit.
8. method according to claim 7, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprises programmes to the switch in the described interconnection network.
9. method according to claim 7, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprise client system access ports and shared storage system access port exclusively are assigned to each other.
10. method according to claim 9, wherein said designated treatment forbid other all access ports when described exclusive communication zone exists and described client system access ports communicate.
11. method according to claim 9, wherein said designated treatment is included in a plurality of client system access ports and a plurality of shared storage system access port in the described exclusive communication zone.
13. method according to claim 7, the described establishment of the described copy of wherein said operating system are used the gold of described operating system to coil and are created described copy.
14. a service that is used for install software at least one client, described service comprises:
Create the copy of described software on the storage unit in sharing storage system;
Configuration network is to create the exclusive communication zone between described client and the described shared storage system;
Use described exclusive communication zone that described software is installed on described client; And
After the described installation of finishing described software, stop described exclusive communication zone.
15. service according to claim 14, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprises programmes to the switch in the described network.
16. service according to claim 14, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprise client system access ports and shared storage system access port exclusively are assigned to each other.
17. service according to claim 16, wherein said designated treatment forbid other all access ports when described exclusive communication zone exists and described client system access ports communicate.
18. service according to claim 16, wherein said designated treatment is included in a plurality of client system access ports and a plurality of shared storage system access port in the described exclusive communication zone.
19. service according to claim 14, the described establishment of the described copy of wherein said software are used the gold of described software to coil and are created described copy.
20. one kind is used in the method that is connected to installing operating system at least one client of sharing memory controller, described method comprises:
On the Logical Disk of described memory controller, create the gold dish of described operating system;
Create at least one time point copy of described gold dish; And
Described time point copy logically is attached to described client.
21. method according to claim 20 comprises that also using described time point to copy guides described client.
22. method according to claim 20 also comprises when described client is operated, and revises described time point copy to adapt to described client.
23. method according to claim 20, the described establishment of wherein said time point copy comprise that the clone installs and original installation in a kind of.
24. method according to claim 20, the described establishment of wherein said time point copy are created a plurality of time point copies of described gold dish, wherein each time point copy is attached to different client.
25. method according to claim 24 comprises that also the uniqueness according to each independent client requires to revise uniquely each time point copy.
26. a machine-readable program storage device, the program that it specifically comprises the executable instruction of described machine is used to carry out the method for install software at least one client, and described method comprises:
Create the copy of described software on the storage unit in sharing storage system;
Configuration network is to create the exclusive communication zone between described client and the described shared storage system;
Use described exclusive communication zone that described software is installed on described client;
After the described installation of finishing described software, stop described exclusive communication zone.
27. program storage device according to claim 26, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprises programmes to the switch in the described network.
28. program storage device according to claim 26, the described configuration of wherein said exclusive communication zone comprise client system access ports and shared storage system access port exclusively are assigned to each other.
29. program storage device according to claim 28, wherein said designated treatment forbid other all access ports when described exclusive communication zone exists and described client system access ports communicate.
30. program storage device according to claim 28, wherein said designated treatment is included in a plurality of client system access ports and a plurality of shared storage system access port in the described exclusive communication zone.
31. program storage device according to claim 26, the described establishment of the described copy of wherein said software use the gold of described software to coil and create described copy.
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